INDIA @BERLINALE, 2019

This is an exceptionally good year for us, as India and South Asia have 12 films at the Berlinale in 2019. These include… ▪ Zoya Akhtar’s Gully Boy, based on the life of street rappers Divine and Naezy, which will have its world premiere here. ▪ Udita Bhargava’s Dust, about a man chasing his lost love, and ends up following a left-wing uprising in India. ▪ Ritesh Batra’s Photograph, about a street photographer who persuades a girl he’s shot to pose as his fiancee. ▪ Bulbul Can Sing by Rima Das (right), a coming-of-age Assamese story about three teenagers who experience love and loss. ▪ Prantik Basu’s Rang Mahal, which explores the myth of creation, as the Santhalis see it.